Oscillating photonic Bell state from a semiconductor quantum dot for quantum key distributionShow others and affiliations
2024 (English)In: Communications Physics, E-ISSN 2399-3650, Vol. 7, no 1, article id 62Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
An on-demand source of bright entangled photon pairs is desirable for quantum key distribution (QKD) and quantum repeaters. The leading candidate to generate such pairs is based on spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) in non-linear crystals. However, its pair extraction efficiency is limited to 0.1% when operating at near-unity fidelity due to multiphoton emission at high brightness. Quantum dots in photonic nanostructures can in principle overcome this limit, but the devices with high entanglement fidelity (99%) have low pair extraction efficiency (0.01%). Here, we show a measured peak entanglement fidelity of 97.5% ± 0.8% and pair extraction efficiency of 0.65% from an InAsP quantum dot in an InP photonic nanowire waveguide. We show that the generated oscillating two-photon Bell state can establish a secure key for peer-to-peer QKD. Using our time-resolved QKD scheme alleviates the need to remove the quantum dot energy splitting of the intermediate exciton states in the biexciton-exciton cascade.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer Nature , 2024. Vol. 7, no 1, article id 62
National Category
Condensed Matter Physics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-344205DOI: 10.1038/s42005-024-01547-3Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85185889763OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-344205DiVA, id: diva2:1842925
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QC 20240311
2024-03-062024-03-062024-03-11Bibliographically approved